Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-09
He concluded with many loves and

o0literated the p0stmark, it gave no cleW
whatever to Dicks whereabouts or the
regiment he had joined.
In this new phase of distress, she miss
ed some Of the sympathy Of her friends al
the VicsrGge, for now the preparations fol
AmY'S marriage went on apace, sud al
were very busy there: so Melanie's FRESH
sorrow YVES just then of secondary inter
est. And nothing grated on her feelings
more thsn the hard hesrtadness CT her
Uncle Grimsh.wj who was disposed TO BE
actually ocular op the au7i .ct IF his
! ''drum-boy nephew" 90 be termed Dick.
, CHAPTEa xIIu-THE FORTUNE OF WsR.
We musG ROW return 10 Montague
Lon5dsle and his comrades, whom we
! lait, five chapters b2ck, in the vici0itY of
! Minhla, and who were now proceeding
! up the river against the next formidable
town, Myan Cyan.
TIE Calcutta mail lad Just broUgbi
/ MOntressur & letter from Claire. HoI
! L0nsdade eGviSd hin, for nc letter from
Rose Cottage had yet come to shed I liz
tie light upon his way; but the bugle5
were sounding Now for the troops :. "fa4l
! in" and MCntress0r With aij Lis afT-c-
ti0nara GOXietY, had 70 pocket mis- half
/ read epjsIIs for pscusal 81 8 more tittiDg
time.
AS usual the nail brought 10 letter for
L9nsdale. That one posted so surely
and lovingly by Me!aLie never reached
MIN, by the course OF events al the cap
! ture of Ava, as we shall show G. long
81 wonder why hand gTenada3 have
gone out OF fashion. They would be Of
right good use in the Jungle r, re, or
wherever we have bush fi21ti0g. ! have
! nF he, ~
them, quilted with fuses outward, being
| fred from the mortars in his time said
| Lcnstale, as he surveyed the dense lux
urisnce CT tie teak forests and their
underground that b0rdered the river uD
when the ships with the troops on b0Hrd
were steaming steadily and meTrjiY.
| And rUm0r already whispered Of . column
4 being det&iled TOR the capture OF the
Ruby mines.
! The very name suggested much 20 ex-
cite cuDidity, Lonsdale thought & NJ
lanie, eDd whether it could be possible,
in This most prossic s%e Of the world, TO
achieve wealth By the efJrG Of so hour.
VINO is there that has not dreamed CT
sudden ricdes-sudden IS those that fell
to the lot Of Aladdin or Monte Cristc?
! He smiled to himself as he thought Of how
love excited vague emotion Uf acquisi-
tiveness, even in MIN. But "to bacome
rich suddenly, End without effOlt, by the
result of some splendid stroke OF chance,
has been dream with Millions" we are
told. "SuCh method Of eErichiDg the
heroes Of romance has been fashionable
since the days Of Sinbsd. II is one of the
stock devices of romance, simply and
| purely because it chimes in one Of the
stock dreams NJ humsD nature ~
By the real ,tion OF such dresm, the
wealth even CT the oWaer IF Rayensbourne
Hsll might be far ecipsed, and the most
greedy an ambitious ASPIRATIONS Of Mr..
Grimshaw and Mrs. Chil.iDgton be more
| than satisfied.
But Maudslay, northeast of which lie
The leo sq1aTe miles of the far famed
| Ruby dis.riC1--Oaa regarded much akin
| 20 fear and vcnerari0n by the Burmese
wss not just then within the generals
scheme Of operations.
Theebaw, who had not as yet been de-
| posed, was still ''Lord Of the Rubies,"
and when he wished TO impress on Wis
itor an idea of his vast wealth, WAS wont
TO make him thrust his arms into the
great SIS OF ruoies aud sapplires, inst
stood in the treasury Ike sacks Of corn il
8 granary. Rnmour made some CT these
stones to be of fabulous size, equal in
deed TO that famous lupy, in exchange
tor whiCh Kub!3i K1zr OfaTld 3 mSgcid-
cent city.
It was Impossible for Lonsdals not 10
speculate on Whist might occur if he wss
gent on the expedition referred to. A
few handtful might give him and Melanle
kll they wanted in tha world. To her
they might bring new life--a new exist
ence with sllher love for him, and oil she
ccuIi evlI have loLGsd fl in aer crushed
aud somewhat sordid girlhood, with the
power to aid tie poor and the suffering
that power she loDged for most; but
neither Montague L0nsdale or M9ntressor
were fated, IS the event proved, even to
see the ruby mines OF King Thee0Aw.
4 strong force of the enemy were said,
AID found 10 be, at Myan Gysr, g town
situated on Inc left bank e. the Ira Waddy,
snd one q gFeat Importance, es it is al
legged Ebavo extended fer two miles
| along the river bark.
It then contained many houses o;
pIiesfs and g.udy temples, the ecar,et
aGd,gilded psgodos Of winch rose s90ye
the brilliant greenery of the surrounding
forests; and it was famous in the wars OF
the Bufmfs Sc and Peguens, as 1t was els
tant Gaig LlGe1q miles FROM the caH"&l.
Abtut ia the afternoon Of the u of
Nosemner The f3tilla came in sight If the
teWD, which was seen to crown q nigh
bsDk-sll the higher owing to the state of
the river at tLst season Of the YcaI-1ld
affordinG most favorable ground for the
erection Of three Ing batteries, which in
European hands might have knocked the
d )tilla 10 pieces, and could not have been
searched ont easily with ehell.
TIE untry around is level and open,
snd overlooked by an isol2ted hill, the
secluded abode, according TO Burmese
superstition, Of dreadful 1iends and de-
mons.
The royal troops in Myan CYAN muster
ed shout 5000 strong, and they held
aUGi3Sr - iii. Pj.S-p7Q010lY the su9
gestion q their | allan epgireers-ind
come GU IN battery on the plain below
the town, AID tbersIn their 2il5 umbrellas
ard napier mec9e helmets, adorned with
the fice- vomiting dragons and so fortn,
could be seen above thc esrthworks When
the I-swaddi. the K$thleen and the gun
boats opened fire OF tae latter with shells,
Ihe hosrse explosion and CHASTITY CLEANS
Of Which soon elected dreadful yells and
shrieks OF rsge snd dismiY; and these in
creased after the pestilent n )rdenfeldts
and GARDENERS came into action. But the
Burmese seemed for time resolved to
hold their grou..d.
Meanwhile. after partially silencing the
defences CT the lower part Ct the town,
The ships, sitter dusk fell, steamed slowly
past the long, entFe1cAsd batteries, re-
csiviag snd replying IL their d'e il quick